Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

I want to go back to my amendment, which is really about examining the efficacy and wisdom of this agreement once the cold light of day's come along. I note that Senator Carr made the point about three-year and five-year reviews and also that there are substantial issues with the implementation—that is won't be fully implemented until after the six years, and you want to give more time for that to take effect. But I don't see anything in what the minister has told us that would preclude this amendment from being successful, because it wouldn't actually impact on the trade agreement unless the review conducted by the government and the report to this parliament is deemed to be unsatisfactory, in which case the parliament could seek to withdraw from the TPP if it was no longer working in our interests. Minister, is that accurate?